luna sea ~ reboot concert!

quick update to say... the Luna sea concert was absolutely amazing..... we got free tickets to go to the concert on 11 Dec (last saturday) and i was super glad i ended up going because sugizo DID end up playing his lovely violin and the whole atmosphere was amazing!! :D soo hyped and excited... glad that nic went with me!

it was such a great opportunity to take a photo when the house lights were all on :D look how excited everyone is!

the other amazing thing was how they played old + new songs... and it felt so good to listen to songs that i grew up with, as well as hear their newer work... and also hear new versions of older songs.. super nice....

i hope they continue with their work and look forward to hearing more lovely music from them!!!

this is the version of providence they played that was absolutely LOVELY... hearing sugizo play was tearing at my heart from the inside out... so beautiful...




happy holidays in advance :D need to update about my korea trip and such.. so will do that soon (hopefully)... i've mailed out cards so everyone should receive them soon~ (if i got the deadlines correct...)

current mood: so much warm and fuzziness!

So today~

FT Island's "so today" was released yesterday!! :D my copy came right on time and i'm super glad that i ordered from this company as they ship things off BEFORE they're officially released so it arrives either early or on the day of the release so you don't need to rush off to buy a copy~

miffy proudly holding my cds XD

being the fan that i am, i bought two version of the single, one with a dvd (which i've yet to see) and one with a random figurine.. i was hoping to get hongki's character but ended up with seunhyun's.. which is ok as they actually end up looking the same i think?!

i'm back from korea! i had an awesome trip and need to take time and upload photos.. so hopefully can do that tonight and have some lovely photos to show everyone...

i loved the trip but ended up spending SO MUCH T__________T and just before x'mas time too!!

current mood: poor, poor, poor...

.. :D received a package....

received a package in the mail! :D :D

he looks the same but he's actually happy haha..

<3 love these mittens~

thanks, it arrived JUST in time silly... makes me smile and all warm and fuzzy XD

current mood: feeling warm and fuzzy XD

cherish...

it's such nice weather in HK lately... so glad that autumn is here and it's dry, breezy, sunny and comfortable!

however, today is a bit cold.. 18 degrees sounds 'hot' to some ppl or 'warm' but for some reason it's quite chilly here.. seems like i never wear enough! maybe after 5 years in hk i've finally adapted to the weather?!

i visited my nephew on sunday with fishy and took a lot of photos of him holding marcus! everything was adorable and i wish i could have taken more.. most are on my fb, but one shot i didn't include (because marcus was moving so his face is blurred, unfortunately) i actually love a lot... because fishy is smiling:

i hope marcus grows up happy, healthy and always smiling because we love him so much! thank you for bringing so much joy to our lives... :D

a poem i read somewhere:

THE TIME IS NOW
Author Unknown
If you are ever going to love me,
Love me now, while I can know
The sweet and tender feelings
Which from true affection flow.
Love me now
While I am living.
Do not wait until I'm gone
And then have it chiseled in marble,
Sweet words on ice-cold stone.
If you have tender thoughts of me,
Please tell me now.
If you wait until I am sleeping,
Never to awaken,
There will be death between us
And I won't hear you then.
So, if you love me, even a little bit,
Let me know it while I am living
So I can treasure it. 

we all really should remember to cherish those around us~

current mood: relaxing, thoughtful, nostalgic

my own galaxy

heehee... cannot help but update with a photo of my "injury" from last week... it managed to turn into a little galaxy coloured bruise... weird description, but not when you take a look at it XD linked for your discretion~

fyi it doesn't hurt as much as it looks, but i'm super glad it's located in an area that isn't visible or i wont' be able to wear my beloved one pieces to work D:

current mood: being VERY immature, silly, random, procrastinating..

 PS: hong-ki, we support you and believe in you~

happy birthday nic!

happy birthday to nic!

just wanted to post random silliness from our little gathering on friday at a lovely spanish restaurant :D (where she got serenaded xD)

wish you alllll the best this year and in the years to come! glad you're in hk and we can hang out more... :D

lots of randomness :D

he likes to move when the camera takes the photo.. xD

current mood:

some updates...

so i hadn't gotten around to posting things from my nephew's 100th day, but i'll just post the photos i did manage to take (my own poloroids hee) here~ it's been posted in my picture book, as well as in fb, so technically it's nothing new XD

me and kenny :D

me and lovely micsis~

me and fishy... haha he told me not t post this on fb but he didn't mention my blog.. :D :D

 i'll post photos of the actual banquet with marcus and such later! he was passed around so much that day i didn't have a chance to take a photo with him ~_~

onto other random updates, i managed to the unthinkable yesterday: i broke the corner of a cabinet using my thigh... kindly note the damage done:

yes.. my thigh.. and what's happened is that my thigh now has this huge bruise that's swelled like an egg.. the actual contact point is not bruised but the area around it is all purple and blue, and looks like someone BIT my thigh rather than me hitting something =_=;;;; clumsy me... or rather, the cabinet was in the wrong place and moved out to deliberately hit me!!!! XD
a photo with my fingers at the side for a size comparison of the bruise:

hope the bruise disappears soon =_= thank goodness it's high up and isn't visible!

this week, nothing new... just one more month to go ~____~ i can't wait for it to be over... i've never been so nervous in awhile and after i get this over with, i'll be MUCH better i think.. :D

other updates, korean class is fun XD learning a whole new language at this age is hilarious for me because the class is funny, the language is not something i ever understood ever before, and i dont' really watch many korean dramas so i technically have not really paid much attention to often used terms/vocabulary/expressions etc. (other than watching "you're beautiful" that is)....
it's also funny because i don't have the strong voice for the language! it's different from japanese in that japanese is much softer?? and korean is a little bit more.. hmm.. a bit more 'strength' is used haha.. so i sound like a japanese person speaking korean.. the teacher keeps telling me to speak up XD
i do love the language tho.. it can be quite beautiful, especially in hong-gi's song as his voice puts so much expression into his words and into a language i've never really paid attention to before... :D
next tues, we'll be learning CONVERSATION words (ooooh...) so hopefully i can say some phrases by the end of that class haha...

LOTS of upcoming birthday for ppl very very very dear to me....:

happy birthday nic :D (hope dinner tonight is good hahah)
happy birthday peg! (have a great trip!!!!)
happy birthday kenny!
happy birthday ray 哥哥!!! :D :D (need to find you for din din)
happy birthday my dearest man man~~ *miss you tons
happy birthday raven !!!! (miss you sooo much, so glad we have whatsapp)

current mood: must, work/study hard!

Happy 100 days Marcus! :D :D

Happy 100 days to my dearest, most beloved nephew Marcus!!

auntiee loves you and will be always here for you! thank you for bringing so much joy to our lives and being the sweetest little boy ever... lots of hugs and kisses to you =3=

"hello auntiee" (instantly detects my camera)

"smile" awww! *auntiee dies from cuteness*

current mood: awww....

random fun :D

i had some fun last weekend trying out the new playstation move... it's like wii, except it detects front to back motion as well as up and down.. and also the remotes are a lot more easy to detect, unlike wii when it didn't seem to do what i wanted it to do :(

some random photos of us playing it (cross posted from fb... haha we look serious :P)~

me and fishy playing the archery game :D

with the new bearbrick addition to the family <3

"glowsticks" for the bearbrick :P

my new ears :P

as you can see... we ended up doing a lot of silly things with the remotes as well.. and also with the random toys around the house.. hahah so please enjoy :P

a few more days and it's marcus' 100th day bday!! so so so so so so excited!

current mood: happy, happy happy! (though i'm sick)

some gifts.... :D

just wanted to post some photos of some gifts i received over the last few days... :D

first off, two new additions to my miffy family!! his name should be Boris the Bear (yes, with capital letters) and i never saw him outside of the miffy and friends box set, so i was SUPER glad to see him at the store i went into~ one has this very soft, ruffled fur, and the other is a crying bear... which fishy kept insisting was very "cute" (poor thing..)

Boris the Bear(s)

 yesterday i received the lovely gift from a friend who recently went to Japan.... the packaging is always so pretty and makes me not want to open it =___=

thanks ken/阿哥~~ :D

anything with bunnies = me haha

i took one in natural lighting but due to the non-existent white balance on my phone... it seems to look better with flash~ i haven't tried it yet but fishy got hungry yesterday and opened it.. he said for me to test it out and see the taste was like instead of him spoiling it for me haha..

last but not least.. one of my favoritest  people in the whole universe: my nephew!!! i just want to hug him to bits ;_;

AWWW! i love you!!!

as people may/may not have noticed, i'm beginning to blog more than i did previously... hopefully i can try to do/re-start my photography project(s) and can post more of that stuff here as well~

congrats to FT island and their mutizen win!!!  yay~~

current mood:

finally me~ :D

haven't take photos of myself in a LONG time @.@ so it was great when i went to visit my nephew and we got a shot of me and my sis in law holding onto marcus!! XD this was also posted in fb so it's not a new photo :D (my sis in law is the one actually holding him)

marcus and his (lovely? haha) aunts :D

my boss has commented "your hair has gotten lighter and lighter" and i was all "errr... heh.. heh... " (very unsure of what to say) "yeah... err.. i keep washing it and it gets lighter...." and thank goodness his mood is ok and he laughed and walked off.. haha

i love this nephew of mine so much! he has the cutest expressions and he KNOWS what he wants and will demand it! haha... can't wait to watch him grow up.. :D i hope i can show him the world and be there for him always ~

"what do you want from me?!" XD

i love how pissed off he looks in this photo haha.. i think he was both sleepy, hungry and needed to burp and was starting to get a bit angry.. poor dear!

i also took advantage of my recent interest in FTI and "You're Beautiful" to take Korean classes XD haha it's very weird for me because i've been studying Japanese for most of my life and had never considered this language before.. but after visiting Korea last year and realising it was one place where i absolutely had NO idea what the signs, menus and receipts etc were saying (they don't use english often...) and people didn't really understand me (i spoke Japanese, Mandarin and English haha...), i realised it was the one place where i had no clue how to communicate if i didn't happen to know mandarin or japanese XD...
and of course, due to hong-gi's brilliant and emotional voice, the inner crazy primadonna in me is tempted to learn what he's actually singing about XD
and lastly... my passion for languages along with wanting to learn "different" (aka the 'unique snowflake syndrome' haha...) things, i chose Korean. hopefully it'll be fun and i'll actually have use for it.. haha

class starts sept 21... wish me luck :P

current mood: i love you my dear nephew!

just a little update... :D

i've been sooo busy lately with many random things, but basically they're all good things, such as doing more sports, more yoga, seeing more friends, seeing marcus more etc etc... :D

anyway... i've been having badminton fridays and i realise i'm no longer sore the following day! yay! haha.. this is a big improvement for me, as i used to have back pain, arm pain, leg pain etc. the days after i play badminton but it's all gone now~ even after badminton, then yoga, then full day of disney i am totally not sore ~ haha ::is proud::

this weekend, i also went to celebrate Marcus' 2 month birthday :D will upload photos later.. i tend to upload them on fb because i want my sis' and bro in law's friends to be able to see them too~ i don't think there's a more diligent aunt than me and i'm pretty sure i upload photos of him more often than most parents do of their own kids =_=;;;

I LOVE YOU!
he's turning into a lovely, beautiful boy and i'm super excited to see him every chance i've got!

his reaction towards different people:

micsis: stared at her for a LONG time, with brows furrowed and trying to "guess" who this person is XD
don: staring staring staring
kenny: brows knit together, and staring hard
bro: will move his hands/fists whenever my bro speaks haha...
so cute! i think he's amazed because he hasn't seen so many males before (lower voices?) and last few times they visited, marcus was either asleep or else his eyes weren't developed where he could see properly~

also went to disneyland with my friends over the weekend...
1. very very very hot
2. i'm glad we went when we had free tickets
3. glad we tried the disney dim sum (they look better in person, i swear haha)4. either i'm getting too old for roller coasters or space mountain really is dizzy-inducing.. =__= i was literally walking in circles after i got off the ride!!
5. i have a big infected bite on my foot... i actually took photos to show that i'm not exaggerating when i say i need to put insect repellent + repellent stickers on me wherever i go :(
for those who are ok, please click the link to see my foot (WARNING!!! Very gross!)

i finally went to see the dr yesterday because it grew so painful and swollen and my foot began to grow numb D:.. not only do i need to wash my foot once a day with their antiseptic wash, i have to put on antibiotic cream + take antibiotics =__= and i was just saying the other day how i no longer need to rely on western medicine as much!!!

onto other happier things, FT island's album was released TODAY, 25 August! YAY! it's a mini album which means only a few songs, but i love their new song "love love love" and the beautiful video for it... i adore the marionette + dark mood to the video... and hongki's voice is amazing as usual :heart: will attempt to buy their album after work today~ :D


(on another side, side note, hongki joined twitter as well! yay!!)

recently heard this lovely song by the japanese singer "Kokia" who has the most wonderful and beautiful new-age-ish songs... this particular song is from this anime we watched over the weekend, called "Gin-iro kami no Agito" (something to that effect)... and i loved the mood of it, and the MUSIC!
the below lyrics summarises how i feel.. :D

[あなたまるで木漏れ日のように
私に生きる希望くれた
幸せが笑った
記憶の中のぬくもり胸に
なによりも強い絆を感じているわ

私が私らしくいられるのは あなたがいるから

あなたを愛して生まれた歌を歌おう
私の愛の証に
信じてどこまでも届け私の思い
あなたが生きていることが真実]

thanks so much..


current mood: feeling very blessed!

PS: the tragedy in the philippines makes me so sad... to know that this normally happy situation (ie. vacation with family) suddenly turned into a nightmare.. and then the nightmare turned into a tragedy when it could have been avoided is just too sad.. i can't read related news anymore because i feel tears in my eyes just imagining what it was like at that moment. my prayers go out to the survivors, the family members and all people involved..

just to let you know....

i read this blog entry one day, about how for every 100-200 people that love you and adore you, there will always be someone who will dislike you for any specific or non-specific reason... and i really agree with that so much...

i think we sometimes waste a lot of time trying to make that ONE person love us, or like us, or even at the barest "not dislike" us... but when you think about it, we should focus more on the 100 that DO love and care for us, and how big a blessing they are to us in our lives~

and...just want you to know (for all my dear beloved out there.. :D),

I love you.

I think you're wonderful.

I appreciate your efforts.

I am cheering you on.

I am your number 1 fan.

I think you can, I think you can,
I.think.you.can.

In fact, I know you will.

current mood: truly blessed~

welcome, baby Marcus~ :D :D

my dearest nephew was born on 22 June!!!

nicknamed 'tiger' since he was still in his beautiful mommy's tummy, the name stuck and i think it'll forever be his nickname (whether he likes that or not)... and his full name, or even more so, his Chinese name, will be used in full by us when we 1. want his attention; 2. most likely are scolding him xD

however, no matter what name we use to call you, we love you!!!!

i would LOVE to write in detail everything about his birth, but i'm much happier to just summarise and say: i'm glad mommy and baby are doing super well and i am so thankful and feel so blessed by the Lord :D

auntie is also super tired :(
not much sleep the whole week (and the days before), waking up early and helping out as much as i can... although i took days off, i think i'm much more tired than i would be if i was at work XD however, it's soso so so so so so x 1000000000000000000 infinity, worth it when you stare into his lovely little face and watch as his little lips twitch as if hes in some happy dream world :3

and most importantly, describing it is difficult.. showing the photos of him for the first week of his birth would do a better job..

after his first bath (literally FIRST, as this photo is taken hours after his birth):

second day :D
first day back home! :D
first bath! :Heart:: (he loves taking baths)
one of the first few times i saw him open his eyes a bit wider:


current mood: love love love my dearest nephew~

8 more days.. :D

lots of upcoming things.. so excited ~ XD

1. so excited.. first of all: 8 more days till i'm officially an "Aunt". XD can't wait! can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. this saturday i'm going to watch Jang Geun Seuk's mini fan's meeting/concert... xD i saw an advertisement for it awhile back and was surprised i could still get decent seats.. so me and Ms. Snow will be goign (since fishy said he will never go with me since this is not hyde, gackt or laruku type.. this type of show is purely for fangirls like me haha...)

3. just booked tickets to see Cyril the street magician XD excited because i loveee magic shows, and i find ppl who can trick people with sleight of hand are pretty amazing (being a slow person and not very fast at doing these things :P).. can't wait~

4. i pierced my ears again! after 10 years since my last piercing (man i'm getting older :( 10 years ago haha...), i finally found the chance to pierce my cartilage again, as i dislike even number of piercings and have always wanted odd number... so basically now, i have two on the bottom, one on the cartilage (upper part of ear) for my left ear, and three on the bottom, (new) two on the cartilage (upper part of ear) for my right ear~

a total of eight holes, but instead of even number on both sides, i went with 3-5 haha XD surprisingly, this time hurt less than my first piercing did.. maybe done well/better?! (earrings are mismatched as I was lazy this morning hahah.. and grabbed whatever i saw XD) i chose the smallest earring they had so it would be less noticeable :P

5. saw jachy again on saturday!! :D hadn't seen him since .. maybe 4-5 years ago?! but this time was much more brief, for 40 mins as i had a yoga class after and he had to fly in the afternoon back to canada! i hope he stays for longer next time..will scan "evidence" that we met soon :D

6. got some nice gifts :D one of them is put on my desk at work and i loveeee it~ so adorable:

i chose it with fishy and he bought this, as well 'plaque' that's quite similar.. i first saw it in my sister's place and liked it so much fishy got me one too! :D i will to put in my room for now, and in my future home (whenever that is haha)..

this is currently at my desk at work... i dunno how long i'll change the date, but i LOVE the ark.. so so so cute!


and a gift from my friend.. thanks my dear! the famous 'pig rabbit' (please excuse the things on my desk... i 'stole' a photo using my iphone =_=; and that windows book that props my monitor up is now changed to something less.. "flashy". XD


she's currently also on my desk at work..xD

current mood: thankful and excited!